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Part of Speech 2 - Adj,Adv,Prep,Conj

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the adjectives and a pronoun acting like an adjective:(2)

The interior plateau of the Union of South Africa is called its veldt.

a)

interior

b)

its

c)

plateau

d)

Union

2.

Identify the adjectives: (2)

There are countless millions of gaseous bodies called stars.

a)

countless

b)

gaseous

c)

millions

d)

bodies

3.

Identify the adjectives: (3)

Baseball, enjoyed by many cheering fans today, was played here and in merry England before 1839.

a)

many

b)

cheering

c)

merry

d)

enjoyed

4.

Identify the adjectives: (2)

Sir Walter Raleigh was a famous statesman and a bold explorer.

a)

famous

b)

bold

c)

Walter

d)

statesman

5.

Identify the adjectives: (a pronoun acting like an adjective)

His many projects to settle America were unsuccessful.

a)

his

b)

America

c)

unsuccessful

d)

settle

6.

Identify the adverb:

The name "sirocco" is often given to a warm wind.

a)

often

b)

to

7.

Identify the adverb:

It is usually given to a warm wind blowing over large areas of hot, dry land.

a)

usually

b)

large

8.

Identify the adverb:

Such winds now occur over the area of our Great Plains.

a)

now

b)

our

9.

Identify the adverb:

Originally "sirocco" was a name used by people of North Africa.

a)

originally

b)

people

10.

Identify the adverb:

It was not used for ordinary wind.

a)

not

b)

for

11.

Identify the prepositions: (2)

There are sixty-four mountain peaks in the United States over 14, 000 feet high.

a)

in

b)

over

c)

the

d)

are

12.

Identify the prepositions: (2)

The state of Colorado claims forty-eight of these tall mountains.

a)

of

b)

of

c)

these

d)

The

13.

Identify the prepositions: (2)

The highest of them all, Mount Whitney, is in California.

a)

of

b)

in

c)

all

d)

is

14.

Identify the prepositions: (2)

Mount Whitney rises to the height of 14,495 feet.

a)

to

b)

of

c)

the

d)

feet

15.

Identify the prepositions: (1)

Colorado claims the possession of the second highest mountain.

a)

of

b)

the

16.

Identify the conjunctions: (2)

Janet and Joan are twins, but they are different in many ways.

a)

and

b)

but

c)

in

d)

are

17.

Identify the conjunctions: (1)

While basalt is one of the heaviest rocks, pumice floats in water.

a)

while

b)

is

c)

of

d)

the

18.

Identify the conjunctions: (1)

If you have used a piece of pumice stone to rid your fingers of grime, you know of its other qualities.

a)

if

b)

its

c)

other

d)

you

19.

Identify the conjunctions: (1)

Pumice forms when boiling rock pours out of a fuming volcano.

a)

when

b)

a

c)

out

d)

of

20.

Identify the conjunctions: (1)

It is a mixture of basalt and air bubbles.

a)

and

b)

air

c)

is

d)

It